1 Uses
1.1 Uses & Benefits
- It has a tendency to get tarnished in the open air, but when alloyed with elements like erbium, vanadium, its hardness levels decreases.
- Its compounds like Erbium oxide is used in safety glasses of welders and metal workers.
- It is a liquid metal at room temperature, but it is a toxic heavy metal and hence many uses of mercury are under review or phased out.
- It is manly used as a catalysts in chemical industry.
1.1.1 Industrial Uses
Chemical Industry
Electrical Industry, Electronic Industry
1.1.2 Medical Uses
1.1.3 Other Uses
Alloys
Alloys, Mirror Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical Industry
1.2 Biological Properties
1.2.2 Toxicity
Mildly Toxic
Highly Toxic
1.2.3 Present in Human Body
1.2.4 In Blood
NA0.01 Blood/mg dm-3
0
1970
1.2.5 In Bone